Today, "The Ringer" reporter Yaron Weitzman wrote an article about Westbrook's past when he played for the Lakers. He said that Westbrook was tired of James' "hypocrisy" behavior in the Lakers.

One of the incidents occurred in the Lakers' video room.

At that time, Pelinka created a team project, inviting giants from all walks of life to come to the team to share and communicate, including Dwayne Johnson, Kendrick Lamar, Elon Musk, etc., and the guest that day was Will Smith (at the time) who had just slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.

After the team's video session, Hamm and Pelinka went to pick up Smith. At this time, James stood up and angrily left from the back door, saying, "You guys can handle this (Will Smith)."

"Fuck..." Thick Eyebrow also said something and left with James.

The remaining players sat there at a loss. "We were like, what is this doing?" one player recalled.

Westbrook also stood up and said, "So let's go directly?"

"No, Westbrook," Beverley said.

Westbrook was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"The two of them just won the championship, so they can do whatever they want." Beverley explained to Westbrook.

While the two were discussing back and forth, Westbrook's point of view gradually became clear to the people in the room - I am a nine-time All-Star, MVP, and future Hall of Famer. What is the difference between me and the two of them?

Pelinka walked in and asked: "Is everyone ready?"

"No! Give us another five minutes." Beverly said.

A few minutes later, Ham sat at the front of the video room and watched Beverley and Westbrook continue their discussion. Then he also walked out of the back door, bringing back James and the thick eyebrows.

Everyone then welcomed Smith with smiles and high-fives. Smith talked about his new movie, how to overcome adversity, made a joke about the Lakers' spending, and then began to answer questions from the players.

James was the first to ask a question, and Smith answered. Then James asked another question, one after another, and the original half-hour event extended to nearly an hour.

A person who was at the scene recalled: "A person who wanted to leave is now constantly quoting movie lines and recalling other people's lives."

And Westbrook was sitting in the third row, holding a plate of fruit, looking at it with disbelief. Every time James spoke, Westbrook would shake his head and roll his eyes.

"I hate that fake shit," Westbrook said to the people around him while taking pictures, "I can't stand it."